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EEO Counselors Certification Training - 32 hours
This course, which meets EEOC’s requirements for counselor training, provides potential counselors with knowledge and skills necessary to counsel Federal sector EEO complaints. The course focuses on Federal EEO discrimination complaint process, the role and responsibilities of the EEO counselor, fact-gathering techniques, interviewing techniques, and report writing.

EEO Counselors Refresher Training - 8 hours
This course, which meets EEOC’s requirements for 8-hour mandatory annual training for counselors, is designed to keep counselors informed of developments in EEO practice, law, and guidance and counseling skills development.

EEO Investigators Certification Training - 32 hours
This course, which meets EEOC’s requirements for counselor training, provides potential investigators with knowledge and skills necessary to investigate Federal sector EEO complaints. The module includes an overview of the EEO discrimination complaint process, the role and responsibilities of the EEO investigator, the theories of discrimination, interviewing techniques, and report writing. For our online version of this course, please visit us

at EEO Training.

EEO Investigators Refresher Training - 8 hours
This course, which meets EEOC’s requirements for 8-hour mandatory annual training for investigators, is designed to keep investigators informed of developments in EEO practice, law, and guidance and investigative skills development. For our online version of this course, please visit us at EEO Training.

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EEO Complaint Process (General) - 1.5 hours
This course provides an overview of the EEO complaint process. It describes, in depth, each step of the complaint process, including timeframes for initiating complaints, and the various roles and responsibilities of each individual involved in the EEO complaint process.

EEO Complaint Process: Avoiding Costly Pitfalls - 2 hours (can be expanded)
This course focuses on the Federal EEO discrimination complaint process and how to avoid pitfalls that lead to costly EEO complaints. The course explores actual case studies of pitfalls of managers and supervisors that led to EEO complaints, the rulings of the agency, EEOC, and the courts. The length of the course can be modified through the use of case studies.

EEO for Managers and Supervisors - 2 hours
This course provides the manager’s perspective of the EEO complaint process. It describes a manager’s role, rights and responsibilities if they are identified as the Responsible Management Official (RMO) in an EEO complaint. The course also includes a discussion of common mistakes which supervisors may make and provides case studies of situations which have led to findings of discrimination.

EEO for Senior Leaders - 2 hours
This course is aimed at senior executives providing the executive’s perspective of the EEO complaint process and how to identify situations that have a higher likelihood of a finding of discrimination. It provides practical insights on how to manage a diverse workforce where conflict occurs.

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The Rehabilitation and Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act - 3 hours
This course provides information on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2009 to supervisors and managers, including employees in Human Resources. The course focuses on the provisions of the statutes and outlines procedures for handling requests for reasonable accommodation in the workplace.

Facilitators lead a discussion on the elements of reasonable accommodation and the agency’s responsibility to employees and the nature of discrimination faced by individuals with physical or mental workplace. Facilitators lead a discussion on the elements of reasonable accommodation and the agency’s responsibility to employees and the nature of discrimination faced by individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

Preventing Retaliation in the Workplace - 4 hours
Preventing Retaliation in the Workplace will help managers identify problem situations and prepare them to deal with situations in order to reduce productivity problems and legal risk that can occur when retaliation is perceived. This program can also provide a defense for your organization by demonstrating that it took reasonable steps to prevent situations involving retaliation.

Settlement Agreement Training - 4 hours
This PowerPoint presentation explores the “do’s and don’ts” of writing a settlement agreement to resolve an EEO complaint. This course aids participants in crafting effective settlement provisions which comply with legal requirements. During the training session, time is allotted for participants to demonstrate proficiency by crafting a settlement agreement. The objective of this training is to ensure that mediators, EEO managers, and others involved in crafting such agreements understand the regulatory requirements necessary for a legal and binding settlement agreement.

Sexual Harassment Training for Supervisors - 2.5 hours
This course provides managers with the legal definition of sexual harassment and presents management’s legal responsibility to take immediate and appropriate action when they learn of such allegations. It also covers a manager’s liability for the sexual harassment, and includes case studies for further illustration.

Sexual Harassment Training for Employees - 1.5 hours
Sexual harassment is a topic few people can address without embarrassment. This course is interactive and is designed to stimulate discussion about the not-so-obvious forms of sexual harassment and the hostile work environment it can create.


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